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“Would you wish to be known as a cuckold?”

He shook his head “But I don’t have to worry about that”

She started to look just a little unnerved—but also excited—as he closed the distance between them “Not if you keep me happy”

“Why, Hyacinth Bridgerton, is that a threat?”

Her expression turned coy “Perhaps”

He was only a step away now “I can see that I have my work cut out for me”

Her chin lifted, and her chest began to rise and fall more rapidly “I’m not a particularly easy woman”

He found her hand and lifted her fingers to his e”

“Then it’s a good thing you’re—”

He took one of her fingers and slid it into his asped

“— me,” she somehow finished

He er “Mmm-hmm”

“I—Ah—I—Ah—”

“You do like to talk,” he said with a chuckle

“What do you—Oh!—”